Institutes of Consecrated Life
Institutes of consecrated life are either religious institutes or secular institutes.
- Religious institute are societies "in which members, according to proper law, pronounce public vows, either perpetual or temporary, which are to be renewed, however, when the period of time has lapsed, and lead a life as brothers or sisters in common".
- Secular institutes, are "institutes of consecrated life in which the Christian faithful, living in the world, strive for the perfection of charity and work for the sanctification of the world especially from within".
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